A medium-bodied ale that has been hopped more to the extreme. This beer has a copper hue and a noticeable floral aroma. Our I.P.A. is brewed in the tradition of 18th century English-style pale ales. Traditionally, these ales were brewed with extra hops, (a natural preservative) to allow the beer to endure its long journey from England to India, around the Cape of Good Hope.

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Cask. The nose presented a spicy, floral hop aroma. It is amber colored with no sign of head due to cask conditioning. Malt sweetness and hop bitterness are well balanced. I found this beer to be thin and oily slick. This is normally one of my favorite drinks at 75th Street.

Served on CO2 at the brewery into a nonic. Great coppery color with a white head that won't quit, leaving plenty of lace as its volume diminishes. A snootful of spicy hops greets you as you raise the glass, with some hints of darker caramel malt along for the ride. The taste is a pretty good balancing act, with the hops, unsurprisingly, winning out in the end after the caramel malt puts up a valiant but doomed effort. The hop aftertaste keeps the malt from being cloying, though the weight of the malt knocks this brew out of contention for session-beer status. All around a well made IPA that is without noticeable faults. I am jealous of those reviewers who had the opportunity to sample this on cask.

This orange colored ale exudes a very bold spicy hop aroma. The full body supports an initial sharp spiciness quickly followed by an aggressive bitterness rounded off with a malty bite. This is a hop-header for sure.

They don't always have this on cask, although they do always have it on forced CO2. It's too bad, really, as the cask version offers superior flavor and mouthfeel.

Also, it's "Good Hope IPA" for what it's worth. Good Hop is a clever pun, but apparently they're not that clever.

The beer comes from cask in a nice Imperial pint glass, with a good finger and a half head, all coppery orange and smelling of hops and malt, with a slight bready, earthy yeastiness that isn't present in the keg version. The smell is nothing short of divine, and the taste backs it up amply, delivering a satisfying (but not overwhelming) hop bill balanced perfectly by the caramelly malt. The flavor is largely citrus and pine with subtle hints of golden raisin and light fruit esters.

Mouthfeel--perfect. It doesn't get better than a creamy cask. I wish they had the Good Hope IPA on cask all the time.

A nice ambery-orange color with a thin white head.Smelled nice, with some juicy bitter orange, lemon, and papaya. Tastes included bitter orange and grapefruit, big hop bitterness. Pretty good but a little imbalanced.Smooth and light bodied, but the somewhat unpleasant finish makes me not want too many. One of those "smells better than it tastes" IPAs, but not bad.

Deep copper, slightly hazy with a nice, thick sticky light tan head. Lots of hop spice, citrus, and mile hemp aromas. Flavors are amazingly balnaced. Hops rule throughtout, butl malt offers a mild sweetness to the finish. Finish is also , long, dry and nicely bitter. Mouthfeel is flavorful, with a mild oilyness from the massive amount of hops. Round and smooth overall. Amazing balance! I could drink this all night. Had 2 pints and wanted more. An awesome beer, IMO. Not as bitter as their normal draft, but even better. Stop by this place and pray they have this available, and try it without hesitation.

1/2 Gallon strange looking growler. Copper. Dulled herbaceous and piney nose. Thin sweet caramel flavor with medicinal and herbaceous hops. English IPAs really have to be good to impress me and this one wasnt. Umm, by the way, this beer is actually called Goode Hope as in the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. The beer is okay, I like the name though.

Sample at the brewpub. This brew is a golden-amber color with a thin and creamy off-white head that dissipates slowly. Rings of lacing. The aroma is piney hops with malt behind it. Medium, dry body with a moderately bitter hops character. Pine, woody malt and light spice are present as well. The finish is hoppy with a touch of lingering citrus. Decent all around.